Civil Engineering - The University of Texas at San Antonio

Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at San Antonio is a Campus Bachelor Civil Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) defines Civil Engineering as "The profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgment to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the progressive well-being of humanity in creating, improving, and protecting the environment; in providing facilities for community living, industry, and transportation; and in providing structures for the use of humanity." The faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has established a specific set of program objectives to support the mission and the goals of the Department and to meet the requirements of ABET accreditation under the Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs (2009). The educational objectives of the Civil Engineering undergraduate program are to produce Bachelor of Science graduates who: meet the expectations of their employers, will endeavor to become licensed professional engineers, and are able to pursue graduate studies, if so desired. Civil Engineering students must first complete the University Core Curriculum requirements and the Department's General Engineering requirements. The University Core Curriculum requirements consist of 42 semester credit hours and provide the scientific foundation required for advancing successfully to the General Engineering requirement courses. They include courses in Communications, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and World Issues. The General Engineering requirements consist of 25 semester credit hours geared toward advancing the technical abilities and skills necessary to meet the educational objectives of the College of Engineering . They include a number of the Core Curriculum required courses, namely MAT 1214 Calculus I, CHE 1103 General Chemistry I, PHY 1903 Engineering Physics I, and PHY 1911 Engineering Physics I Laboratory. Students are also encouraged to take ECO 2013 Introductory Macroeconomics or ECO 2023 Introductory Microeconomics. In addition, General Engineering requirements include MAT 1224 Calculus II, PHY 1923 Engineering Physics II, PHY 1931 Engineering Physics II Laboratory, EGR 2323 Applied Engineering Analysis I, and EGR 3713 Engineering Economic Analysis. Subsequently, students need to take 70 additional semester credit hours of Civil Engineering courses. Courses for 64 of these credit hours are required, while the remaining 6 credit hours can be selected from among CE elective courses. The elective courses allow some specialization in one of the traditional Civil Engineering areas, namely, Environmental Geotechnical, Hydraulics, Structures and Transportation. Senior Civil Engineering students, in their last semester of study, are required to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination as administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (www.ncees.org). Graduates are encouraged to further pursue life-long learning and obtain their Professional Engineering license. Design is integrated throughout the curriculum starting with a freshman introductory course, CE 1301 Introduction to Civil Engineering , and ending with the senior capstone Civil Engineering Design course CE 4813. Design components are contained in most required engineering topics courses. These include CE 3213 Reinforced Concrete Design, CE 3233 Steel Design, CE 3413 Geotechnical Engineering and Applications, CE 3633 Water and Wastewater Treatment, CE 4123 Highway Engineering , and CE 4603 Water Resources Engineering. Design is also included in many of the technical elective courses. The design experience culminates in the senior capstone design course, CE 4813 Civil Engineering Design. The capstone design project is multidisciplinary in that it involves three or more civil engineering areas and draws upon most prior coursework. The course involves teamwork, both oral and written presentations, a final design report, and a formal presentation. The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree is 128, including at least 39 at the upper-division level. All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements, the General Engineering requirements, and the Civil Engineering degree requirements prior to graduation. View more details on The University of Texas at San Antonio . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Civil Engineering courses.